Jonathan Ng Cheong Tin_378259
studio_AIR University of Melbourne : Bachelor of Environments : Semester 1, 2012
DOUBLE HELIX LANTERN_JO NCT, MELBOURNE, 11’. My state of the art body lantern ; fabricated totally from paper using NURBS geometry. The design discourse of the design intent is about the feasibility of the double helix shape along with its curvatures and aerodynamic design. Can it make it to the real world or will it encounter the limitation of the materials used in the design.
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HELIOS HOUSE_ OFFICE DA, LOS ANGELES,USA,06-07. The design of the Helios House is quite similar to my precedent and the discourse from my personal precedent has been solved as shown in this architectural state of the art project; we can achieve complex NURBS geometry even for a bulky real life project as the Helios House.
ENVIRONMENTAL DISCOURSE Critics of this gas station usually point out the huge irony in having an environmentally sustain- able building sell gasoline. Others find it a step in the right direction, and considering the car culture in Los Angeles, as well as the progressive nature of California in general, it is a perfect fit. Architecturally, it is quite appealing visually and offers a public lesson in sustainable design as well. All of the faceted stain- less steel panels are recycled, and the ground is composed of crushed glass. The roof of the low building is planted with drought resistant plants native to the area. It can also produce enough electricity from its solar panels to power three homes. People are bound to stare at it, it’s a masterpiece as the first LEED certified gas station and because of its exceptional/unconventional design.
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ANTI-SMOG_ VINCENT CALLEBAUT, PARIS,07 . BEYOND GREEN...
The architect describes Anti-Smog as an “Innovation Center in Sustainable Development”.It is a state of the art complex which will use all available renewable energy forms to fight against the Parisian smog. In being a fully functional entity, the building is a utility for the city and also a big uplift to the surrounding. The Anti-Smog complex takes the idea of the “green” building a step further than usual: the architect proposes to reduce ambient pollution rather than simply taking care not to contribute to energy waste. This concept can be very well inspire the getaway project because of its popularity and breakthrough in the “green” discourse.
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CONTEMPORARY COMPUTATIONAL DESIGN TECHNIQUES HOUSE PROTOTYPE_ Greg Lynn, Long Island , NY 97’.
In some of Lynn’s projects, such as the House Prototype in Long Island, skeletons with a global envelope are deformed using inverse kinematics under the influence of various site-induced forces. In contrast to kinematics, the dynamic simulation takes into consideration the effects of forces on the motion of an object or a system of objects, especially of forces that do not originate within the system itself. This new technique/methodology is very interesting in a way that if a design can be shaped by the surrounding external factors such as kinematic (wind and rain) hence making it suitable for the proposal of the getaway project. How dynamic external factors can shape the architecture of the project which is perfectly located to experience these factors. One of the external factor can also be the flux of cars on the freeways.
INTERNATIONAL TERMINAL WATERLOO_ Nicholas Grimshaw Architects,London , 93’.
This project above offers a clear demonstration of conceptual and developmental benefits afforded by the parametric approach to design. Instead of modeling each arch separately, a generic parametric model was created based on the underlying design rules in which the size of the span and the curvature of individual arches were related. A new breakthrough in computational design was achieved by Grimshaw architects and, a highly complex hierarchy of interdependences could be parametrically modeled, allowing iterative refinement, i.e. the dimensional fine-tuning of the project in all stages of its development, from conceptual design to construction. The gateway project will be a state of the art design due to the high complexity of forms, achievable by such a “savoir faire”. COMPUTATIONAL DESIGN
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MOBIUS HOUSE_ UNStudio, Netherlands, 1993–1998.
Through this “Smooth” architectural project, we can analyse that new topological forms such as the torus and the mobius have been used in the construction context. The new balance of these geometries can reflect an interesting discourse about deformation of space. It is definitely striking aesthetically and surely a very desirable key feature of the new gateway project.
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The organizational and formal structure of the private house is based on a double-locked torus, the mobius loop. The intertwining trajectory of the loop relates to the 24-hour living and working cycle of the family, where individual working spaces and bedrooms are aligned but collective areas are situated at the crossing points of the paths.
In 2010, the Institute for Computational Design (ICD) and the Institute of Building Structures and Structural Design (ITKE) designed and constructed a temporary research pavilion. The innovative structure demonstrates the latest developments in material-oriented computational design, simulation, and production processes in architecture. The result is a bending-active structure made entirely of extremely thin, elastically-bent plywood strips.
RESEARCH PAVILION ICD / ITKE_ University of Stuttgart, 2010. CONCLUSION
After my research on contemporary computational design techiniques, my perspective on these new methodologies have changed. I was unaware to what extent the new technology could go in the buidling industry particularly in the design process. A very good quote from the Koralevic_Architecture in the Digital Age, reading, “For the first time in history, Architects are designing not the specific shape of the building but as a set of principles encoded as a sequence of parametric equations by which specific instances of the design can be generated and varied in time as needed.” So for we, designers, the goals are not fix anymore, it can change with a single difference in the equation. The design outcome maybe spontaneous and unpredictable in a way that innovation is ensured. Relating that to the project Getaway, the “high-tech” design tool that we will be using will determine not only the outcome but also it will contribute to its discourse.
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